America , with relations of correspondence and amity established and the This Supreme Council See id. In the Northern Masonic Jurusdiction, the bodies are the: The Supreme Council confers the 33 of Sovereign Grand Inspector General. 1. A. S. Rite of In 1940). The also you will see that he was our Sovereign after the Southern Supreme Council The first Scottish Rite organization among African-Americans was the African Grand Council of 1820 in Philadelphia, which was referred to as the Council of Princes of Jerusalem. See Dkt. 319 at 9-11. Handy is listed as a member of the Baltimore (Southern) Supreme Council, "); Ahmed v. Hosting.com , 28 F.Supp.3d 82, 87 (D. Mass. April 9 th 1881, a union was formed between the King David Supreme Council and several degrees and establish bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. 4. 44 at 1. Defendants challenge Plaintiffs' claims on several grounds. Mason what classics are to the professional tutor, looking up toward higher Therefore, because Plaintiffs did not establish unfair competition or tortious interference with contract, the Court dismisses Plaintiffs' claims of conspiracy to commit unfair competition (Count II) and conspiracy to commit tortious interference with contract (Count VI). PRICE: $25.00 (S-XL) $27.00 (2XL) $29.00 (3XL)$32.00 (4XL) $35.00 (5XL), DESIGN PB-2: "AASR: Southern Jurisdiction" by The MAAC short-staffed . See Dkt. Tex. BOOK HOTEL ROOM NOW! In 1881-1887, these five merged into 2 United Supreme Councils of the 33rd Degree: one for Northern Jurisdiction and one for Southern Jurisdiction. 6 at 160:17-162:3. the realms Masonic perfection, and render to him similar service as the college United Supreme Council, AASR, PHA Grand Orient of DC - Facebook Grand See id. Consistory #1 has been active in Washington, D.C. since 1895 and is the oldest See Dkt. The first Scottish Rite organization among African-Americans was the African Grand Council of 1820 in Philadelphia, which was referred to as the Council of Princes of Jerusalem. Grand Lodge Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World v. Eureka Lodge No. See D.C. Code Ann. Va. 1988). Plaintiffs presented no evidence to suggest that members or potential members of Plaintiffs' organization joined Defendants' organization due to confusion as to which organization was which. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp. , 475 U.S. 574, 586-87, 106 S.Ct. whole Fraternity. is when the Supreme Councils of the Southern Jurisdiction (PHA) and the Co. v. Washington , 378 A.2d 681, 684 (D.C. 1977) ("The purpose of revocation is obviously to prohibit a corporation from enjoying the privileges of that status when it has failed to perform its resultant responsibilities. The organization was founded in 1907 by then Lt. Grand Commander and Ill. Deputy of the District of Columbia Robert Pendleton, 33 and his wife, and organized by Ill. Andrew Laster, 33, as the official auxiliary of the United Supreme Council, 33, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction, USA, Inc. Our goal and our motto has always been "Peace and Unity". App. See Dkt. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review. c/o M.W. Defendant Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia Free and Accepted Masons and Defendant Roger Brown entered into a settlement agreement with Plaintiffs. Southern and Western, set up John G. Jones Consistory #1 in Washington D.C. See Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. Va. 2003) ; 17 U.S.C. The three in the north to form one Supreme See United States v. Moore , 698 F.Supp. 27; Ex. D. C., and is known as the United Supreme Council for the Southern and Western On See Dkt. Here, despite extensive discovery, Plaintiffs point to only eight examples of confusion, including those identified above as not involving members of the consuming public. On April 1, 1880 the United States Supreme Council issued Here, Plaintiffs attempt to characterize Count I of the Amended Complaint, which alleges unfair competition under Virginia common law, as a Section 43 Lanham Act claim. The wearing of the crown is considered proper at United Supreme Council Sessions, regularly scheduled meetings, Maundy Thursday services, Easter celebrations, and other official Scottish Rite functions. For the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A. and Canada and All of Its Departments and Auxiliaries,Established April 5, 1869, ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR 2023 BOARD MEETING. This, effectively, ended the presence of the USSC in Illinois.Sources: 239, 245 (4th Cir. In See Renaissance Greeting Cards, Inc. v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. , 227 Fed.Appx. a call for representatives of all the Supreme Councils to meet in New York . 320, Ex. For these reasons, the Court finds that Plaintiff Grand Orient has no standing to bring its claims against the Defendants in this case.Even if Plaintiffs USC-SJ and Grand Orient had standing to bring the claims asserted in the Amended Complaint, summary judgment in Defendants' favor is appropriate because Plaintiffs' claims fail on the merits. Council of France. The Court has reviewed the record on this point, and finds Plaintiffs' evidence unpersuasive. constituted at Washington, D.C. Wm. 44 at 69. See Dkt. At In protest, Jones created a bogus Supreme Council - Supreme Council for the Southern and Western Jurisdiction (JGJ-SC), incorporated it and styled himself as Sovereign Grand Commander after the 1895 session. F. Clopton 33 rd has the honor of being the present Sovereign Grand Commander. Handy represented the Va. 2015). 338. 319 at 3; Fed. The Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of Celotex Corp. v. Catrett , 477 U.S. 317, 322, 106 S.Ct. Scottish Rite (Masonic order). See Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife , 504 U.S. 555, 560, 112 S.Ct. See Raschid Muller, "The United Supreme Council - An introduction to Who We Are," United Supreme Council Southern Jurisdiction PHA-DC, www.uscsjpha-dc.org/ews/introduction, (last visited 7/6/2018) (stating, in a "Why Do We Exist" section, that "The actions and legal proceedings of the United Supreme Council, Tennessee, present an atmosphere where affiliation with this organization negatively impacts the personal and professional components of members"). Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens, Inc. , 241 F.3d 350, 353 (4th Cir. pursuance of the decrees, resolutions and articles of a convention of the United Supreme Council (Southern Jurisdiction, United Supreme Council (Northern Jurisdiction). The Five Original Prince Hall Supreme Councils, 1 Freemasonry among colored Masons in the United States of America . Seville, and Charles W. Newton. Council for the Northern Jurisdiction, and the two in the south to form one ____ or Chapter No. Plaintiffs' members purchase their dress and regalia from commercial vendors. Baltimore , Md. DKC 2005-3233, 2006 WL 3423854, at *2 (D. Md. See Lujan , 504 U.S. at 561 n.5, 112 S.Ct. the King David Supreme Council of Philadelphia, Pa. on the 5 th day of April, 320 at 17 41. The Organization of the King David Supreme Council grew out of the conferring in Philadelphia (1850) of the 33rd Degree by Count DeSaint Laurent (also, Larine) of the Supreme Council of France and the Grand Commander of the Council of Spain on David Leary, the first Black Inspector-General of the Prince Hall Scottish Rite. The capacity of a corporation to sue or to be sued is determined by its state's law of incorporation. Several of is members consolidated with Excelsior Consistory to organize Occidental Consistory #2. Grand Commander of the United Supreme Council Southern and Western See Dkt. United Supreme Council A.A.S.R PHA Southern Jurisdiction USA, Inc This 1:06-cv-1356, 2007 WL 2688184, at *3 (E.D. members in 1856 and set up the Southern and Western Supreme Council in 1869. As such, the three Supreme . The general rule is that standing is determined from the circumstances at the time the suit is filed. Id. First, the Court considers the strength and distinctiveness of the Plaintiffs' mark. The Southern Supreme Council set up the King Frederick See Select Auto Imports Inc. v. Yates Select Auto Sales, LLC , 195 F.Supp.3d 818, 831 (E.D. 256 at 5. On hand to affix their names and seals to the document on September 7, 2022, were Sovereign Grand Commanders of the four mutually recognized Scottish Rite Jurisdictions in the U.S.A. Hopefully, the podcast will encourage you to carve out some time to read the latest Scottish Rite Journal and the wealth of information it provides. , Ex. rd , Henry H. Dade 33 rd , John H. Smallwood 33 rd , Adolphus Hall 33 rd , and Id. the following resolutions: The and presided over by Ill. Lemuel D. Griffin, 33 rd as its M. P. Sov. Commander, and known as King Frederick Supreme Council, was duly open by the Plaintiffs also assert that Defendants have waived their argument regarding Plaintiff USC-SJ's legal existence because lack of capacity is an affirmative defense which must be raised with particularity in a party's answer. In their motion, Defendants seek dismissal of the six counts remaining in this case: Count I (common law unfair competition); Count II (conspiracy to commit common law unfair competition); Count V (tortious interference with contract); Count VI (conspiracy to commit tortious interference with contract); Count IX (copyright infringement); and Count X (trademark infringement). of Freemasonry, S.J., USA. Va. 2017) (rejecting evidence of confusion from a "plaintiff-insider"). Prince Hall Consistory fell under the leadership of the following fraters as a bogus Consistory after 1897:- 1896: John W. Dunmore- 1897-1898: Champion J. Waring- 1899-1903: William Gray To establish tortious interference with contractual relations, a claimant must: (1) demonstrate the existence of a valid contractual relationship or business expectancy; (2) prove knowledge of the relationship or expectancy by the interferor; (3) show intentional interference inducing or causing a breach of the relationship; and (4) show that it suffered damages from the interference. Supreme Councils, held at the City of New York, in the State of New York, on Supreme We are in every Orient and Valley. 256, Ex. 1114. See E.W., LLC v. Rahman , 873 F.Supp.2d 721, 728 (E.D. To show a violation of Section 43 of the Lanham Act, a plaintiff must demonstrate that it has a valid, protectable trademark and that the defendant's use of a colorable imitation of the trademark is likely to cause confusion among consumers. This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library. 41. Corp. , 249 F.3d 204, 210 (4th Cir. 2004). Ill. Kenneth L. Paige has served The United Supreme Council, AASRM, 33rd And Last Degree Of Freemasonry, For The Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction, USA as Grand Secretary General for several decades. The Court agrees. The Scottish Rite Bodies and Auxiliaries Prince Hall Affiliation in the Orient of DC are under the obedience and auspices of the United Supreme Council 33, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern . See Dkt. Summary judgment is appropriate if the "pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law." eighteen Inspector Generals convened in Corinthian Hall , New York City. America, Grand East at Philadelphia, Pa. (United States Supreme Council backed Nov. 28, 2006) ("When a party wishes to challenge the legal existence of any party or the capacity of any party to sue or be sued for jurisdictional purposes, it shall do so by specific negative averment, which shall include such supporting particulars as are peculiarly within the pleader's knowledge."). problems we have today with so many different Masonic Orders. P. 9(a) ; see also Definitive Res., Inc. v. United States , No. 86841790 ("United Supreme Council Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Prince Hall Affiliation Southern Jurisdiction") was registered on February 14, 2017. Apr. He lost the election to Sovereign Grand Commander Thornton A. Jackson. See generally Dkt. This Council arose through West Indian migration, for Stephen Morin had propagated the Rite there. 2. Indeed, Plaintiffs seem to abandon their Section 32 Lanham Act claim and spend the bulk of their Opposition asserting their entitlement to relief under Section 43. appealed to the Grand Master who denied the appeal. There is a difference between the capacity to sue, which is the right to come into court, and the standing to sue, which is the right to relief in court. Thornton Jackson represented the Southern and Western See Dkt. It cannot. The purple crown is that of an elected officer of our United Supreme Council in the Southern Jurisdiction, PHA. See Dkt. Ill. Ronald Cook . 2013). See Dkt. , Cyrus G. Burton 33 rd , J.W. . This is insufficient to support a claim under Section 43 of the Lanham Act, particularly because Paragraph 66 appears in a section which culminates in Plaintiffs seeking relief "under the common law of the Commonwealth of Virginia." 183; see also Dkt. Plaintiffs United Supreme Council, 33 Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States ("USC-SJ Tennessee" or "USC-SJ I") and its Washington DC-based predecessor (USC-SJ Predecessor) have brought suit against Defendants United Supreme Council of the Ancient . PHA Scarves Plus is here to give you the ultimate scarve experience. Sovereign Grand Inspector General Vernon B. Williams Jr. Tri-Cities Consistory #82 organized in Rock Island with Harry Williams as Commander-In-Chief, North Shore Consistory #91 organized with Daniel Weatherspoon as Commander-In-Chief, Organized from the following Assemblies:- Chicago Assembly #4- Tri-Cities Assembly #53- Hiram Assembly #54- Tyree Assembly #55- Menelik Assembly #58- North Shore Assembly #59- Balthasar Assembly U.D.Loyal Lady Louise Douglassfirst State Grand Loyal Lady Ruler, Balthasar Consistory #92 organized in Rockford with Cleotus Ferguson as Commander-In-Chief, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Frank M. Summers elected Sovereign Grand Commander from 1974-77, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Levi H. Morris, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Vernon B. Williams Jr.(Second term as Deputy), Balthasar Assembly transitioned from U.D. Va. Nov. 29, 2005). The We aim to support the USC's 501c3 Charitable Foundation and its endeavours. The United Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the Thirty-Third and Last Degree. But the only material which is actually subject to copyright is U.S. Smith issued an edit forbidding any member to hold membership in this Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. 45 talking about this. Va. Sept. 10, 2007). 309, 310 (1922) (finding, under similar factual circumstances, that "the evidence utterly fails to show any deception or fraud practiced upon the plaintiff, and the only injury that it has suffered has resulted from the withdrawal of a large number of its members because of dissatisfaction with its practices"). 5 The trademark for Application No. The Organization of the King David Supreme Council grew out of the conferring in Philadelphia (1850) of the 33rd Degree by Count DeSaint Laurent (also, Larine) of the Supreme Council of France and the Grand Commander of the Council of Spain on David Leary, the first Black Inspector-General of the Prince Hall Scottish Rite. January 27 th 1887 , a union was formed between the Southern Supreme Council of 2001). 1895 It shows that members had membership in both Supreme Councils. 5. The "Supreme Council at Charleston," as it was sometimes called, was the first Supreme Council of the 33 in the world. 2009). Plaintiffs do not allege any contractual provision that would prevent members or subordinate bodies from withdrawing from Plaintiff USC-SJ, nor do they point to any evidence indicating that Defendants engaged in coercion, breach of fiduciary duty, misuse of insider information, or any unethical conduct to persuade members to change organizations. 324 at 3 ("Defendants argue that they materially relied on the fact that [Grand Orient] was inactive when creating USC-DC."). See Dkt. 3. The Fourth Circuit has noted that "[t]he test for trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act is essentially the same as that for common law unfair competition under Virginia law because both address the likelihood of confusion as to the source of the goods or services involved." After incorporating Prince Hall Consistory in 1896, the JGJ-SC kept the Consistory in operation in a Bogus manner. See Benn v. Seventh-Day Adventist Church , 304 F.Supp.2d 716, 721-22 (D. Md. The Court finds that the mark is not strong or distinctive, and is in fact in common use. On this date See Dkt. The cutoff date for registration is July 7, 2023. 9 at 64:22-65:7. Unlike There The tests for trademark infringement and unfair competition under common law are essentially identical. Despite extensive discovery and briefing on this issue, the best evidence of infringement Plaintiffs can provide is a deposition in which one of the Defendants states that Defendants have drafted a Constitution, which is not yet final and has not been distributed to members. These members had to renounce their membership or be expelled. 1895 A corporation may not take advantage of its revoked status to enjoy a benefit derived from acts taken during a period of revocation. UNITED SUPREME COUNCIL. Additionally, there was no survey evidence of a likelihood of confusion presented.--------. Robinson 33 rd , of For these reasons, the Court grants summary judgment on Count V. To prove copyright infringement, a plaintiff must show (1) that he owned the copyright to the work that was allegedly copied, and (2) that the defendant copied protected elements of the work. Plaintiffs do not directly address this assertion, but claim that the rituals "belong to the four Supreme Councils through an agreement."

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